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Beware of "Your Account Will be Blocked Due to System Error" Phishing Scam

Updated: July 26, 2016 2016-07-26T00:35:37 -
Posted: July 26, 2016 2016-07-26T00:32:04
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The email message below with the subject: "Your Account Will be Blocked Due to System Error," which claims the recipients' email accounts will be blocked due to system error, is a phishing scam created by cybercriminals to steal the recipients' email account usernames and passwords. So, recipients of the fake email message should not follow the instructions in it, because they run the risk of having their accounts hijacked by the cyber-criminals behind the scam.

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The Fake "Your Account Will be Blocked Due to System Error" Email

Subject: Dear,
From: syildiz@termal.com.tr
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 04:32:17 +0300

Dear,

1969MB 2000MB

Your account will be Blocked due to system error CODE:DA2507LU236.

Your e-mail account is running on a low storage space, verify your account now to increase storage space other wise your account shall be locked out.

Click here to verify your account.

NOTICE:

Failure to verify your e-mail account shall result to account lock out.

Thanks,

Account Service

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The link in the email message goes to the following phishing website: smboxstmat.pw, which will steal the recipients' email account usernames and passwords, if they attempt to sign into the same website.

Recipients of the fake email message who were tricked into clicking on the link in it and entering their usernames and passwords on the phishing website that they were taken to, should change their email account passwords immediately

Note: Some of the names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers in email samples on this website may have been impersonated.

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Sep 5, 2018 at 11:21 AM by info
Here is another scam:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Email Account murph@warsurplus.net Will be Suspended
Date: 2018-09-04 00:24
From: "Email Administrator" <noreply@server.com>

ACCOUNT WILL BE SUSPENDED.

DEAR MURPH@WARSURPLUS.NET.

Due to System error code, your accounts will be deleted from our server:

Your email account is running on a low storage space, Verify your
account now to increase storage space.
OTHERWISE YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED FROM OUR SERVER within
hours
Click on button below to proceed with verification
Verify [1]
.
Thank you.

Sincerely,
The Account Management Team
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Apr 13, 2017 at 10:48 AM by info
Here is another scam:

"-----Original Message-----
From: E-mail Administrato [mailto:purwanto.prm@centrin.net.id]
Sent: April 13, 2017 1:13 AM
Subject: ATTENTION!!! WILL BE BLOCKED

Good day,

Received this e- mail twice in 45 minutes

1969MB 2000MB

Your account will be Blocked due to system error CODE:DA2507LU236.
Your e-mail account is running on a low storage space, verify your account now to increase storage space other wise your account shall be locked out.

Click here to verify your account <hxxp://outlookemailverification.bid/> .

NOTICE:
Failure to verify your e-mail account shall result to account lock out.

Thanks,
Account Service"
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Aug 3, 2016 at 11:27 AM by info
Here is another fake/phishing email:

"Subject: Account Re-validate
From: Account Service (marketing@apiaudio.com)
Sent: Wed 8/03/16 12:27 AM

Verify Your Mailbox

Dear info@onlinethreatalerts.com,

Your e-mail account is running on a low storage space, verify your account now to upgrade storage space, other wise your account shall be locked out.

Click here to verify your account

Copyright © E-mail Support Service. 2016"
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